Stuart Hurlbert, San Diego State University Professor Emeritus of Biology, faces a faculty petition to remove his emeritus status. Hurlbert openly supports greater restrictions for immigration and rejects BLM.
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The Sierra Club apologized for white supremacist comments made by its founder John Muir. There does not seem to be any sign of a cancel mob looming at the doors of this historically progressive organization.
The move to acknowledge a past of racism and discrimination came directly from Executive Director Michael Brune.
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Cliff Mass, Professor of Atmospheric Science at Washington University, lost his job for blog posts. To clarify, he wasn’t fired from his teaching job. He was fired from his moonlighting gig at an NPR affiliate.
Mass worked part time as a weatherman on KNKX (NPR affiliate). Known for making controversial statements, he underestimated the power of CHAZ.
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As of the original publishing of this article, Rav Arora is 19 years young. But his age says nothing about his intellect and the way he thinks about the major issues currently plaguing America.
A freelance writer, Rav originally surged into notoriety by publishing an article in the NY Post titled The Fallacy of White Privilege and How it is Corroding Society.
After the article was published, Rav was invited onto the The Hill and various other podcasts and Youtube shows to further expand on his article’s thesis.
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Harald Uhlig, Professor of Economics at University of Chicago, received backlash and calls for his firing for a series of tweets criticizing BLM and #defundthepolice.
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The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt tackles the problems that emerge when attempting to talk about politics or religion. Over the years, Haidt has dedicated his life to building connections between opposing political factions. His research has led to the founding of Heterodox Academy. Here is their mission statement.
“To improve the quality of research and education in universities by increasing open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement.”
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Though written many years ago, the concepts in the book seem more relevant than ever as America goes through its cultural and political upheaval.
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Recently, JK Rowling stood up against an overly aggressive group of trans-activists. The beef started after Rowlings liked a few Twitter posts deemed insensitive to those who identify as Transgender. But the cancel mob went absolutely bonkers when she did not apologize. The trigger moment happened when Rowling’s made fun of the phrase, “people who menstruate.”
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Also Read: Things The Woke Left Thinks is Racist While on The Rubin Report, Niall Fergurson and Dave talked about numerous things, among them the Intellectual Dark Web network, Brexit, and Trump.…
The purpose of this summary is to survey the various speakers and the sources they referred to. This podcast is led by Bret Weinstein and featured Glenn C. Loury, Kmele Foster, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Chloe Valdary, John Wood Jr., John McWhorter, and Coleman Hughes.
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Shortly after George Floyd’s death, a student of UCLA’s Management 127 class e-mailed their professor, Gordon Klein, requesting special consideration be given to black students in the class. The special consideration includes “no-harm” grading on the final exam. The e-mail also asked for shorter exams and extended deadlines for black students who attended the George Floyd protests.
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